Album Reviews

DESTROYER

Destroyer’s Rubies

2006-02-07

A collection of shrewd pop music. Equal parts cynicism, disdain, hope and humor; self referential, self-mocking, sagacious and coy.

Bejar’s Dylanesque flare for biting and sardonic wit and his nods to the glam and bombastic folk approaches of early Tyrannosaurus Rex and Bowie recordings have clearly distanced “Destroyer” from the more straightforward pop of his “other” band, “The New Pornographers.” -P

NO PLAY 1,3,5,6,7

all reviews | all rock reviews

More reviews tagged #Rock

reviewed 03/2005
The Decemberists
Picaresque
reviewed 09/2009
STRAWBS
DANCING TO THE DEVIL'S BEAT
reviewed 05/2011
ERLAND AND THE CARNIVAL
Nightingale
reviewed 05/2015
Quiet Company
Transgressor
reviewed 04/2016
Mountain Heart
Blue Skies
reviewed 12/2005
TOM VEK
We Have Sound

Compiled by the WYCE Journalism Club

The opinions expressed in these reviews are those of the individual volunteers that submitted the article and do not necessarily reflect the views of WYCE or GRCMC; nor its staff, donors, or affiliates.